Amber Chandelier
AMBER CHANDELIER
Late October and dark trees
Bare of branch and bark
Mask an airy golden volume yet:
A leafy brightness in autumn’s aura.
Gloom of day but the spreading maple’s
As if seen through trellised panes:
A Russian chandelier in the Amber Room,
Each frond glowing, reflecting the uncertain light.
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NOTE
The Amber Room is a part of a Russian tsarist palace called Tsarskoe Selo that, in terms of grandeur and excessive opulence, outstrips even Versailles. Tsarskoe Selo is in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2012
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